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Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk. Pole, Earl of Suffolk Michael King. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12485
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/250/12485
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk.
- Name(s)
- Pole, Earl of Suffolk, Michael
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition has suffered extensive damage. A section is missing from the right side, and large areas are now illegible. The earl appears to be making a request regarding various manors and lands in East Anglia, formerly held by Queen Anne and Isabel, Countess of Suffolk; however, the sense is now difficult to reconstruct.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cawston, Norfolk
- Burgh (Burgh next Aylsham), Norfolk
- Gestingthorpe, [Essex]
- Haughley, Suffolk
- Thorndon, Suffolk
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Luddynglond (Lothingland), Suffolk
- Westminster
- Shropshire
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
- Hertismere hundred, [Suffolk]
- Stowe hundred, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, father of the petitioner
- Isabel [de Ufford], Countess of Suffolk
- [Anne of Bohemia], Queen of England
- John de Holond (Holland), Earl of Huntingdon, Duke of Exeter
- Elizabeth [Lancaster], wife of John de Holland, Earl of Huntingdon
- [Edward of Norwich], Earl of Rutland, Duke of Aumale
- John [Waltham], late Bishop of Salisbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1399, since this is the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/582 no.12978). The petition refers to the Duke of Aumale, a title which did not exist until 1397.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.12978 of C 81/582
For another damaged petition from the earl, seemingly on this matter see SC 8/134/6662
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440091/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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